On phase locking phenomena in Kerr combs

Aurélien Coillet (1) , Irina Balakireva (1) , Rémi Henriet (1) , Laurent Larger (1) , Yanne Kouomou Chembo (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

Based on a modal description of the evolution Kerr combs in a whispering-gallery mode resonator, we numerically investigate the phase bhavior of the different spectral lines of the spectrum. We show that a stable phase relation exists between adjacent modes in primary combs. This result is of great interest for metrological applications where one phase noise is an issue. For high input power however, chaotic signals are observed.

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Aurélien Coillet, Irina Balakireva, Rémi Henriet, Laurent Larger, Yanne Kouomou Chembo. On phase locking phenomena in Kerr combs. Proceedings 8600 of SPIE Conference on Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XV, Jan 2013, United States. pp.86000C. ⟨hal-00914643⟩